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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR61.3
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Magdalen in the Desert
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1740-1750
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222828

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood
Technique
Painted
Dimensions
25.1 x 36.8 x 15.2 cm (9 7/8 x 14 1/2 x 6 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
BR61.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 31, cat. no. 79 pp. 128-129, repr. as pl. LXIX
  • Anneliese Harding, German Sculpture in New England Museums, Goethe Institute (Boston, MA, 1972), repr. p. 67 as fig. 120

Exhibition History

  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986

Verification Level

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